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| title = Microsoft | | title = Microsoft | ||
| image = microsoft.png | | image = microsoft.png | ||
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| titletext = Facebook, Apple, and Google all got away with their monopolist power grabs because they don't have any 'S's in their names for critics to snarkily replace with '$'s. | | titletext = Facebook, Apple, and Google all got away with their monopolist power grabs because they don't have any 'S's in their names for critics to snarkily replace with '$'s. | ||
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In the late 1990s {{w|Microsoft}} started bundling its web browser, {{w|Internet Explorer}}, with its {{w|Windows}} operating system. This effectively destroyed the {{w|Netscape}} company, who up until then had the most market share with its browser, {{w|Netscape Navigator}}. Microsoft was involved in {{w|United States v. Microsoft|a legal case}} against the U.S. government, which required Microsoft to allow IE to be uninstalled among other remedies. {{w|Removal of Internet Explorer|Removal of Internet Explorer}} has no clear solution as libraries and utilities associated with Internet Explorer are used across other Windows applications. | In the late 1990s {{w|Microsoft}} started bundling its web browser, {{w|Internet Explorer}}, with its {{w|Windows}} operating system. This effectively destroyed the {{w|Netscape}} company, who up until then had the most market share with its browser, {{w|Netscape Navigator}}. Microsoft was involved in {{w|United States v. Microsoft|a legal case}} against the U.S. government, which required Microsoft to allow IE to be uninstalled among other remedies. {{w|Removal of Internet Explorer|Removal of Internet Explorer}} has no clear solution as libraries and utilities associated with Internet Explorer are used across other Windows applications. | ||
− | The comic sarcastically states that this stopped companies from creating a monopoly on software practices. | + | The comic sarcastically states that this stopped companies from creating a monopoly on software practices. This doesn't appear true as technology companies such as Google and Facebook have influence in the media and software used by consumers. The comic also mocks the triviality of {{w|Browser wars|browser debates}} compared to current antitrust cases concerning [http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/googles-new-search-results-raise-privacy-and-antitrust-concerns/ privacy] and [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-11/u-s-files-antitrust-lawsuit-against-apple-hachette.html price fixing]. |
− | {{w|Apple}} bundled a browser in on both its desktop and mobile platforms. Apple also requires all iOS developers to sell their apps only through the | + | {{w|Apple}} bundled a browser in on both its desktop and mobile platforms. On its mobile platform, {{w|iOS}} users are not allowed to change the default browser. Apple also requires all iOS developers to sell their apps only through the iTunes app store (paying sizeable commissions to Apple), and Apple can refuse to sell any app. In some instances, Apple has developed its own versions of popular third-party apps.[http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/10/serving-at-the-pleasure-of-the-king.html] {{w|Google}} bundles its {{w|Chrome OS|operating system}} with the {{w|Google Chrome|Chrome web browser}}. The company has a majority market share in web search engines, being the most popular search engine available. On {{w|Android}}, Google bundles in a mobile version of Chrome (s of version 4.0 ''Ice Cream Sandwich''), but you are allowed to change the default browser. On {{w|Facebook}}, users face difficulties in accessing or removing their profiles and personal information, among {{w|Criticism of Facebook|other issues}}. Recently, this has been mitigated by the ability to [http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/06/facebook-now-allows-you-to-download-your-information/ download a zip file] of all content ever posted to Facebook, but it [http://www.zdnet.com/blog/london/facebook-still-doesnt-delete-your-photos-three-years-later/2936 still remains difficult] to delete data from Facebook. |
− | + | The title text refers to mocking Microsoft as Micro$oft or M$. | |
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
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